8 Dec
2000
8 Dec
'00
7:21 a.m.
In most of the US, putting "engineer" near
your name doesn't require that
you hold an engineering certification. For instance, my official title
at my day job is "senior software engineer" but I've never taken a single
software nor engineering course, much less certification exam, in my life.
False. In most states of the U.S., if you represent yourself as an engineer
of any kind, and you are not a licensed engineer, you are committing a
crime,
albeit a misdemeanor.
Texas is leading the nation in trying to change this.
-dq
8 Dec
8 Dec
9:57 a.m.
New subject: Professors worry that engineering students don't tinker enough...
Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
False. In most states of the U.S., if you represent
yourself as an engineer
of any kind, and you are not a licensed engineer, you are committing a
crime,
albeit a misdemeanor.
Not in California, unless it's one of a handful of engineering disciplines
specifically identified by statute. You'd pretty much have to sign
"P.E." after your name to get in trouble here.
This isn't to imply that California is particularly progressive in this
area (for some value of "progressive"), but rather that nobody has
bothered revising the statutes since being an "engineer" automatically
implied civil, geological or the sort that operates trains...
--
Chris Kennedy
chris(a)mainecoon.com
http://www.mainecoon.com
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6:57 p.m.
New subject: Professors worry that engineering students don't tinker enoug h...
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
In some states at least, that is only true if you try to market your
talents directly on the open market. If you work for an organization
who does the marketing you can call yourself whatever you want - except
for Registered Professional Engineer.
- don
In most of the US, putting "engineer"
near your name doesn't require that
you hold an engineering certification. For instance, my official title
at my day job is "senior software engineer" but I've never taken a single
software nor engineering course, much less certification exam, in my life.
False. In most states of the U.S., if you represent yourself as an engineer
of any kind, and you are not a licensed engineer, you are committing a
crime, albeit a misdemeanor. Texas is leading the nation in trying to change this.
-dq
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